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Investment Risk Governance and Fiduciary Compliance Expert
Dr. Susan Mangiero is a CFA charterholder, certified Financial Risk Manager and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™. She offers independent risk management and valuation consulting and training. She has provided testimony before the ERISA Advisory Council, the OECD and the International ...more

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Chief Retirement Officer And A Seat At The Table
With an expectation of "when" and not "if" an enhanced fiduciary standard will get passed into law, a discussion about the advantages of hiring a Chief Retirement Officer are timely.
Espresso Math And Retirement Plan Fees
One does not always know how much he or she will be charged for something. This can be frustrating and make it hard to budget.
Investment Rate Of Return Assumptions Matter
It's no secret that a house needs a strong foundation to weather storms. In a similar sense, the financial health of a pension plan depends on structural strength.
Public Pension Fund Litigation Database
There is increased pressure on numerous municipalities to address the challenges associated with underfunded retirement plans, including questions about the constitutionality of benefit arrangements...
Is Seventy The New Thirty?
One in 20 people still have a job when they're over 70 - a figure that has doubled in the past decade...
Pension Plans, Valuation And Venture Capital
What is missing from the various analyses about unicorns and jumbo valuations of private companies overall is a discussion about the potentially adverse impact on institutional investors.
Fiduciary Frenemies
Ignore questionable or illegal conduct and co-fiduciary liability might lead to allegations of breach and a costly fallout for the advisor. Inform authorities and one is likely to lose that client and accompanying revenue.
Fiduciary Education Considerations
Rumor has it that regulatory exams of retirement plans continue to include explicit questions about whether a formal education program exists and, if it does, what it contains.
Fiduciary Standard TV Ads...What's Next?
Regardless of one's stance about the U.S. Department of Labor proposal the hope is that further conversations about retirement planning will encourage a long overdue focus on the abysmal state of readiness in this country and around the world.
Pension Plan Divestment And ESG Investing
Selling an investment due to political pressures could end up costing "taxpayers and plan participants in the form of 'unexpected' transaction costs" which in turn could worsen sub-par funding levels.
Beauty Makeovers And The Retirement Industry
Those planning for retirement may not get a free lipstick but snappy interactions with prospects and existing clients are likely just the beginning of the brave new world of financial services marketing.
Investment Fiduciary Monitoring, Economic Damages And Tibble
There is a cost to taking action as the result of monitoring. There can be a cost to inaction as well. Investment selection and investment monitoring are different activities.
Union Plans And Politics
A quick look at the U.S. Department of Labor website reveals a large number of multiemployer pension plans that are considered "critical" or "endangered."
National Doughnut Day And Retirement Plans
Presumably free doughnuts generate sales of other products like coffee or tea and that is one motivation for holiday largesse. Another motivation for giving things away has to do with product branding.
Employee Ownership And ERISA Litigation
There seems to be a lot of caution on the part of large company counsel about how much equity should be in the hands of employees.
New York City Comptroller Urges New Fiduciary Rules
Advisors may direct clients to funds that have higher fees than comparable offerings or encourage rollovers that entail transaction costs. Even when a more costly choice makes sense, the return to an investor will be impacted accordingly.
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